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Welcome to the IDnow Glossary where we decode the acronyms, unpack the regulations, and break down industry-specific terms to help you confidently navigate the ever-evolving identity landscape of the global digital economy. Whether you’re new to the industry or looking to deepen your understanding, this resource will help you navigate the ever-evolving language of digital identity.

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A

ABRADIE

Advanced Electronic Signature (AES)

Age Verification – Definition & Compliance

Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)

Alderney Gambling Control Commission

AMLA EU

AMLD5

AMLD6

Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD)

Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR)

Arbing in betting

ARJEL

Army Romance Scam

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Authorized Push Payment fraud

B

BaFin

Bank drop

Bank regulation

Betting and Gaming Council (BGC)

Betting Bots/Casino Bots

Biometric check

BKYC

British Esports Association

C

Canadian Gaming Association

Central Bank Digital Currency

Chip dumping

Collusion in Betting

Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT)

Compliance

CRUKS

Cryptocurrency

Cuckoo Smurfing

Customer Due Diligence

D

Danish Gambling Authority (DGA)

Data privacy

DeFi – Decentralized Finance

Digital Markets Act (DMA)

Digital Onboarding

Digital Service Act (DSA)

Document Fraud

DocuSign

Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA)

Due Diligence

E

eID

eIDAS

eIDAS 2.0

eIDV

Electronic Signature

Embezzlement

Enhanced Due Diligence

eSign

European Casino Association (ECA)

European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA)

F

Fake ID Fraud

False Acceptance Rate (FAR)

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

Financial Services Regulatory Authority Abu Dhabi (FSRA)

FINTRAC

Fraud

G

Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA)

Gibraltar Regulatory Authority (GRA)

Glücksspielstaatsvertrag (GlüStV)

Gnoming/Multi-Accounting in betting

GSC Isle of Man Supervision Authority

I

ICAO 9303

ID documents

Identity Fraud

Identity Theft

Identity Verification – Definition, Methods & Relevance

iGaming Ontario (iGO)

Impostor Fraud

Instituto Brasileiro de Jogo Responsável (IBJR)

International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR)

International Betting Integrity Association

ISO 27001

K

Kansspelautoriteit

Know Your Business (KYB)

KYC Check

KYC Remediation

L

Layering in money laundering

License Conditions & Codes of Practice (LCCP)

Liveness detection

M

Machine Learning

Malta Gaming Authority (MGA)

Matched Betting

MiCA

Money Laundering

Money Mules

N

National Games Authority (ANJ)

NFC

Non-Fungible Token 

O

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation

P

PCMLTFA

Politically Exposed Person (PEP)

Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA)

Q

Qualified Electronic Attestations of Attributes (QEAAs)

Qualified Electronic Signature (QES)?

Qualified Trust Services

R

RegTech

Romance Fraud

S

Security

Similarity Fraud

Simple Electronic Signature (SES)

Smurfing

Social Engineering

Spelinspektionen Swedish Gambling Authority

Stablecoins

Stack Balancing

Swedish Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS)

Synthetic Identity Fraud

T

Terrorist Financing

Trust Framework Certification

U

United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC)

W

World Esports Association

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